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Germany is divided in States (Länder). These states are subdivided in Landkreise or Rural districts, which are made up of municipalities (Gemeinden) and Kreisfreie Städte, or free urban districts.  
Germany is divided in States (Länder). These states are subdivided in Landkreise or Rural districts, which are made up of municipalities (Gemeinden) and Kreisfreie Städte, or free urban districts.  


In some states municipalities are combined into Ämter and Grossgemeinden (larger bodies, but the individual municipalities still exist).
In some states municipalities are combined into Ämter and Verbandsgemeinden (larger bodies, but the individual municipalities still exist).


All States, disctricts and the majority of the municipalities use arms.
All States, disctricts and the majority of the municipalities use arms.


==Coats of arms of present States (Bundesländer)==
==Coats of arms of present States (Wappen der Bundesländer)==
 
{|
[[File:dld.gif|right|400 px]]
|
 
*[[File:badenwur.jpg|40 px]][[Baden-Württemberg]]
*[[Baden-Württemberg]]
*[[File:bayern.jpg|40 px]][[Bayern]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/bayern.htm Bayern]
*[[File:berlin.jpg|40 px]][[:Category:Berlin|Berlin]]
*[[:Category:Berlin|Berlin]]
*[[File:brandenburgstate.jpg|40 px]][[Brandenburg]]
*[[Brandenburg]]
*[[File:bremen.jpg|40 px]][[Bremen]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/b/bremen.htm Bremen]
*[[File:hamburg1.jpg|40 px]][[Hamburg]]
*[[Hamburg]]
*[[File:hessen.jpg|40 px]][[Hessen]]
*[[Hessen]]
*[[File:mecklenv1.jpg|40 px]][[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/mecklenb.htm Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]
|
*[[Niedersachsen]]
*[[File:niedersachsen.jpg|40 px]][[Niedersachsen]]
*[[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]
*[[File:nordrhei.jpg|40 px]][[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]
*[[Rheinland-Pfalz]]
*[[File:rheinlan.jpg|40 px]][[Rheinland-Pfalz]]
*[[Saarland]]
*[[File:saarland.jpg|40 px]][[Saarland]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/sachsen.htm Sachsen]
*[[File:sachsen.jpg|40 px]][[Sachsen]]
*[[Sachsen-Anhalt]]
*[[File:sachsena.jpg|40 px]][[Sachsen-Anhalt]]
*[[Schleswig-Holstein]]
*[[File:schleswh.jpg|40 px]][[Schleswig-Holstein]]
*[[Thüringen]]
*[[File:thuringe.jpg|40 px]][[Thüringen]]
|}


==Coats of arms of former German States, Principalities, Kingdoms etc==
==Coats of arms of former German States, Principalities, Kingdoms etc==
{|align="center"
|
*[[Principality of Anhalt]]
*[[Principality of Anhalt]]
*[[Baden (State)|Baden]] (Grand Duchy and Free-State)
*[[Baden (State)|Baden]] (Grand Duchy and Free-State)
*[[Principality of Brandenburg-Ansbach]]
*[[Principality of Brandenburg-Ansbach]]
*[[Duchy of Braunschweig]]
*[[Duchy of Braunschweig]]
*[[Free-State of Braunschweig]]
*[[Hessen|Grand-Duchy of Hessen-Darmstadt]]
*[[Hessen|Grand-Duchy of Hessen-Darmstadt]]
*[[Hessen|Principality of Hessen(-Kassel)]]
*[[Hessen|Principality of Hessen(-Kassel)]]
*[[Hessen|Province of Hessen-Nassau]]
*[[Hessen|Province of Hessen-Nassau]]
*[[State of Köln]]
*[[State of Köln]]
*[[Lippe (Principality)]]
*[[Mecklenburg]]
*[[Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] (Grand-Duchy and Free-State)
*[[Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Duchy)|Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] (Grand-Duchy and Free-State)
*[[Schlesien|Province of Niederschlesien]]
*[[Schlesien|Province of Niederschlesien]]
*[[Oberschlesien|Province of Oberschlesien]]
*[[Oberschlesien|Province of Oberschlesien]]
*[[Oldenburg (State)|Grand-Duchy of Oldenburg]]
*[[Ostpreussen|Province Ostpreussen]]
*[[Ostpreussen|Province Ostpreussen]]
*[[Pommern|Province Pommern]]
*[[Pommern|Province Pommern]]
*[[Posen|Province Posen]]
*[[Posen|Province Posen]]
*[[Posen-Westpreussen|Posen-Westpreussen]] (province)
|
*[[Prussia|Kingdom of Prussia/Preussen]]
*[[Reuss|Reuss jüngere Linie]] (principality)
*[[Rheinland|Province Rheinland]]
*[[Rheinland|Province Rheinland]]
*[[Sachsen (Kingdom)|Kingdom of Sachsen]]
*[[Sachsen (province)|Province of Sachsen]]
*[[Sachsen|Freistaat (Free State) of Sachsen]]
*[[Sachsen-Altenburg|Duchy of Sachsen-Altenburg]]
*[[Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha|Duchy of Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha]]
*[[Sachsen-Meiningen-Hildburghausen|Duchy of Sachsen-Meiningen-Hildburghausen]]
*[[Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach|Grand-Duchy of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach]]
*[[Schaumburg-Lippe (State)|Schaumburg-Lippe (Principality and Free-State)]]
*[[Schlesien|Province of Schlesien]]
*[[Schlesien|Province of Schlesien]]
*[[Schwarzburg-Sondershausen|Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]] (principalities)
*[[Waldeck-Pyrmont|Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont]]
*[[Kingdom of Westfalen]]
*[[Kingdom of Westfalen]]
*[[Westfalen|Province Westfalen]]
*[[Westpreussen|Province Westpreussen]]
*[[Westpreussen|Province Westpreussen]]
*[[Württemberg]] (Kingdom)
*[[Württemberg-Baden]]
*[[Württemberg-Baden]]
*[[Württemberg-Hohenzollern]]
*[[Württemberg-Hohenzollern]]
|}


==Coats of arms of districts, cities and municipalities==
==Coats of arms of districts, cities and municipalities==
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* Coats of arms of [[:Category:Kreiswappen|Districts (Kreise)]]
* Coats of arms of [[:Category:Kreiswappen|Districts (Kreise)]]
* Coats of arms of [[:Category:German Ämter, Samtgemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden and Grossgemeinden|Ämter, Samtgemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden and Grossgemeinden]]
* Coats of arms of [[:Category:German Ämter, Samtgemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden and Grossgemeinden|Ämter, Samtgemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden and Grossgemeinden]]
* Coats of arms of cities, towns and municipalities:
* Coats of arms of cities, towns and municipalities (Gemeinde- und Städtewappen) (+/- 13.000 !):
 
Only about 90% (just over 10000) of the files of municipalities have been transferred ! <br>Please search on both the old and the new site with the links below !
 
Available on the new site:
 
'''[[:Category:German_Municipalities_A|A]] | [[:Category:German_Municipalities_B|B]] | [[:Category:German_Municipalities_C|C]] | [[:Category:German_Municipalities_D|D]] | [[:Category:German_Municipalities_E|E]] | [[:Category:German_Municipalities_F|F]] | [[:Category:German_Municipalities_G|G]] | [[:Category:German_Municipalities_H|H]] | [[:Category:German_Municipalities_I|I]] | [[:Category:German_Municipalities_J|J]] | [[:Category:German_Municipalities_K|K]] | [[:Category:German_Municipalities_L|L]] | [[:Category:German_Municipalities_M|M]] | [[:Category:German_Municipalities_N|N]] | [[:Category:German_Municipalities_O|O]] | [[:Category:German_Municipalities_P|P]] | [[:Category:German_Municipalities_Q|Q]] | [[:Category:German_Municipalities_R|R]] | [[:Category:German_Municipalities_S|S]] | [[:Category:German_Municipalities_T|T]] | [[:Category:German_Municipalities_U|U]] | [[:Category:German_Municipalities_V|V]] | [[:Category:German_Municipalities_W|W]] | [[:Category:German_Municipalities_X|X]] | [[:Category:German_Municipalities_Y|Y]] | [[:Category:German_Municipalities_Z|Z]] |'''
 
Some more are still on the old site :


[http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/d.htm D] |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/e.htm E] |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/f.htm F] |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/g.htm G] |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/h.htm H] |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/k.htm K] |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/l.htm L] |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/m.htm M] |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/n.htm N] |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/o.htm O] |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/p.htm P] |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/r.htm R] |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/s.htm S] |[http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/w.htm W]
'''[[Deutsche Wappen_A|A]] | [[Deutsche Wappen_B|B]] | [[Deutsche Wappen_C|C]] | [[Deutsche Wappen_D|D]] | [[Deutsche Wappen_E|E]] | [[Deutsche Wappen_F|F]] | [[Deutsche Wappen_G|G]] | [[Deutsche Wappen_H|H]] | [[Deutsche Wappen_I|I]] | [[Deutsche Wappen_J|J]] | [[Deutsche Wappen_K|K]] | [[Deutsche Wappen_L|L]] | [[Deutsche Wappen_M|M]] | [[Deutsche Wappen_N|N]] | [[Deutsche Wappen_O|O]] | [[Deutsche Wappen_P|P]] | [[Deutsche Wappen_Q|Q]] | [[Deutsche Wappen_R|R]] | [[Deutsche Wappen_S|S]] | [[Deutsche Wappen_T|T]] | [[Deutsche Wappen_U|U]] | [[Deutsche Wappen_V|V]] | [[Deutsche Wappen_W|W]] | [[Deutsche Wappen_X|X]] | [[Deutsche Wappen_Y|Y]] | [[Deutsche Wappen_Z|Z]] '''


==Other civic heraldry==
==Other civic heraldry==
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**[[Schwaben]]
**[[Schwaben]]
**[[Unterfranken]]
**[[Unterfranken]]
*[[Ostfriesland]]
*Höherer Kommunalverband (Regional Association)
*Höherer Kommunalverband (Regional Association)
**[[Bezirksverband Pfalz]]
**[[Bezirksverband Pfalz]]
**[[Landschaftsverband Rheinland]]
**[[Landschaftsverband Rheinland]]
**[[Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe]]
**[[Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe]]
*[[:Category:German Colonial arms|Arms of German Colonies]]


==Religious and Ecclesial heraldry==
==Religious and Ecclesial heraldry==

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Germany is divided in States (Länder). These states are subdivided in Landkreise or Rural districts, which are made up of municipalities (Gemeinden) and Kreisfreie Städte, or free urban districts.

In some states municipalities are combined into Ämter and Verbandsgemeinden (larger bodies, but the individual municipalities still exist).

All States, disctricts and the majority of the municipalities use arms.

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